New stuff got here...

Ollie1132 · 2 May 2012 at 00:17

Decided to cancel my LP RAM order and bought a m4 instead. going to just take the heatsinks off my current vengeance RAM that'll be alright running it at 1600mhz 1.5v correct?

thenewoc · 2 May 2012 at 18:49

Looking good, are you just going to be using an SSD? I had an idea for cable tidying but I'm not sure its necessary when most of it is behind the mobo tray. Anyway I was thinking of using Velcro Self Gripping Ties on a roll 10mm x 5m, easy to undo if need be in the future.

Ollie1132 · 2 May 2012 at 19:24

Yeah I have an external HDD for any other storage (you know the unimportant stuff that isn't games etc) Velcro would probably be a million times better than cable ties but unfortunately I lacked velcro ^.^

thenewoc · 2 May 2012 at 19:44

Should be nice and quiet then. I see from your sig you have a GTX ??? does that mean your going to be getting by on HD4000 for a while?

Ollie1132 · 2 May 2012 at 19:49

Getting by on my ENGT240 since it still out does the HD4000 (so long as it doesn't die on me that is.)

Ollie1132 · 3 May 2012 at 18:47

So it's finally time to mount my K2 cooler... thank god for that!

lets see how this goes

Ollie1132 · 3 May 2012 at 19:47

got Dr Debug A3 error. Checked my manual says IDE enable, whats that actually mean?

T345 · 3 May 2012 at 19:48

In the BIOS
there should be an option for IDE mode?? on my old mobo there is
??? not sure though

Ollie1132 · 3 May 2012 at 19:53

Ok well do I have to turn it on or off... I have an SSD which will require AHCI mode.

T345 · 3 May 2012 at 19:54

If it is on turn it off, if it is off turn it on?? Sorry for not much detail but i'm not too familier with SSD's and BIOS settings
I need to learn about them.

thenewoc · 3 May 2012 at 20:30

I think turn off IDE and turn on AHCI. That's what this thread seems to suggest.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18399272

thenewoc · 3 May 2012 at 20:32

Are you connecting it to your Intel 6Gb/s port too?

Ollie1132 · 3 May 2012 at 20:36

Ive got it all sorted now windows is installed (damn it went fast too!) yeah got the SSD in etc Ill take one last pic before I swap PC's permanently

thenewoc · 3 May 2012 at 20:38

Cool, was gonna say we need some more pics, waiting to see the k2 in place.

T345 · 3 May 2012 at 20:38

what did you do to fix it?
change to ahci mode and turn off ide mode?

Ollie1132 · 3 May 2012 at 20:42

Yeah just had to change to AHCI ^.^ took me a a few mins to get use to the UEFI BIOS but by god I am so happy... got to transfer all my files etc... (well most... Im leaving all the unimportant stuff on my old HDD which Ill just format.)

thenewoc · 3 May 2012 at 20:42

AHCI seems to have some performance advantages over IDE such as NCQ.

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=639214

T345 · 3 May 2012 at 20:42

Thanks for telling me, will come in handy

Ollie1132 · 3 May 2012 at 20:43

Yeah the Asrock manual says how to setup SSD/HDD none RAID you have to use AHCI so

Ollie1132 · 4 May 2012 at 00:24

So Im up and running finally

here's a picture of the final product of my labour which included sweat and blood (because I caught myself on something). Just installing windows and putting some important files onto my SSD which is almost full already so no steam folder on this one for a bit but oh well!